Blood & Mud

Get your club kitted out by Eden Park, official supplier to the England team

The Rugby World Cup may have come to a close but for all our rugby clubs back home the season is just beginning!

Eden Park, the official formalwear supplier to the RFU, are giving one lucky rugby team the opportunity to be kitted out in the casual collection. In addition the club will receive a once in a lifetime training session at their home ground with none other than Danny Care.

For an opportunity to win simply follow this link to the Facebook competition, submit your reasons why your team deserve to win, and Danny will choose the club that he feels are worthy of becoming Britain’s best dressed rugby team.

Fancy winning the official Rugby World Cup 2011 Game? Read on..

We have the brand spanking new official Rugby World Cup 2011 game to give away to you lovely people, both on XBOX and PS3.

The game features:

Familiar, Fast, Fun and Flowing Gameplay – play as one of twenty teams, with official England, South Africa, France, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Italy, Canada, Argentina and USA licenses.

5 Game Modes – Tournament, International Test, Warm-Up Tour, Place Kick Shootout and Online play via Xbox Live and PSN.

Three outstanding commentary teams – none of which involve anyone who works for ITV, you'll be glad to hear.

Intuitive Player/Team Editor – modify line-up, set play selections, positional preferences, players details, attributes and abilities.

HD detail – extending to the inclusion of thigh tape, wrist tape, finger tape and scrum caps.  Feel your nation’s support as the fully detailed 3D crowds react to your performance on the pitch.

To be in with a chance of winning please email this address with 'RWC Game Comp' in the title, please include your address and preferred format (XBOX or PS3) in the message body.

GOOD LUCK!

WIN! Springboks Rugby World Cup & ABSA Jersey

Canterbury and the South African Rugby Union have launched their revolutionary new jersey that will be worn by Peter De Villiers’ men at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand later this year.  

The shirt, which incorporates gold detailing and iconic victory dates on the right arm, features the new Loop 21 collar design and latest fabric technology, providing South Africa with the best possible on-field support and making it the strongest jersey that Canterbury have ever produced.  

From the sound of it, just putting one on will probably transform you into a better player and man, so it's great news that we are giving one of you lovely people a chance to win one.

To be in with a chance of feeling the Loop 21 collar caress the nape of your neck like a gentle and attentive lover, send an email to this address with "boks" as the title.

Competition closes Friday 15 July so get clicking and typing and the like.  

Those not lucky enough to win one can purchase the RWC 2011 Jersey from www.canterbury.com as well as selected retailers now. 

Win yourself a Six Nations matchday feast with unearthed®

Let's be honest, not all of us can get to a stadium or a pub to watch a Six Nations match these days, so we end up settling for beer and some bland carbohydrate based snacks in the comfort of our home.  

We here at the blog feel that you (and the Six Nations) deserve better food than that, so we have teamed up with unearthed®, the leading brand in great tapas and quality sharing snacks from across the Mediterranean, to give you a chance of winning something far more appetising to snack on.

The lucky winner will receive the following from the unearthed range: 

- A set of unearthed's Tapas range including: 

- White Bean Tapas with Manchego – tender Gigante beans in a tomato and onion sauce, topped with Manchego, parsley and chilli.

- Chorizo in Mojo Pepper Sauce (pictured, mmmmm)– unearthed® cooking chorizo has gained a bit of a cult following and here it is combined with a rich, tasty pepper sauce.

- Pork Meatballs in Chipotle Sauce – smoke-dried Chipotle peppers are one of the great flavours of Mexican cooking, combined here with meatballs for another cracking tapas dish.

- A case of unearthed® Beef Biltong  (16 packs!) – South Africa’s favourite snack and we can see why. Made with Southern African expertise and recipes in Yorkshire, these tasty strips of dry cured beef will be the things to munch when the Six Nations comes around.

- A case of unearthed® Snacking Chorizo (16 packs!) - chorizo has been one of the foodie hits of recent times and now it has been made mini and bagged up so it is easy to snack. Much more exciting than peanuts!

For more information on the unearthed story and product range, visit www.discoverunearthed.com 

To win this gastronomical delight, please answer the following on topic question:  What is the name of the mountain range that separates France and Spain?

Please send your answers to editor@bloodandmud.com with "unearthed comp" as the title.  Entries close on Friday 11th February.  Good luck!

*NB: Entrants must be UK residents (excluding Northern Ireland, sorry!)

Win yourself a t-shirt from Front Up!

The lovely people over at Front Up have given us one of their "Haka Face" t-shirts to give away as a lovely prize to one lucky bloodandmud.com reader.  

To be in with a chance of winning, please send an email to editor@bloodandmud.com with 'Haka' as the title and your name, address and t-shirt size.  We will draw the winner next week from the entries received.

Also, as an added bonus Front Up are also giving a 20% discount to you readers when you purchase anything from their shop - just the trick in these straightened times with Christmas around the corner.

Simply enter the code FUX at the checkout at frontup.co.uk to claim your discount.

Feeling lucky? Win tickets to Barbarians vs South Africa

The Barbarians take on world champions South Africa at Twickenham onSaturday 4 December for the MasterCard Trophy and we are giving you the chance to win two pairs of tickets to the game.

The Baa-Baas are assembling a team full of the top names in world rugby for the clash versus the Boks. Included among those who have accepted invitations are Wales legend Martyn Williams, Aussie fly-half Matt Giteau, and among the All Blacks’ contingent is Chris Jack, the 62-times capped lock who will play his fourth game for the Barbarians, and hard-hitting back-rower Rodney So’oialo.

To win the tickets just answer this question: Who scored a hat trick of tries in the Baabaas’ game last year vs All Blacks?

Send your answer to this address, with 'Barbarians' as the title.

Tickets are on sale via ticketmaster.co.uk / 0844 847 2492. Prices from £35 to£65 for adults, £17.50 to £32.50 for juniors (U-16), with special family ticketsavailable.

Have a chat with Keith Wood, Phil Vickery & Tim Payne and win yourself some Bushmills Irish Whiskey

Lions and international legends Phil Vickery and Keith Wood had a sit down with Wasps' Tim Payne to wax about what makes front-row men part of a special brotherhood and we've got it here on video for you to have a gawp at.  

In my experience, what makes the front row a brotherhood is that they all go for a massive crap before the start of the game and stink out the entire changing room.  You'll have to watch the video to see if the pros agree with me.

This video was produced as part of the Bushmills Irish Whiskey "Bushmills Brothers" promotion and we have two bottles of the lovely stuff to give away to the reader who answers the following question:

What is the total number international caps (including the Lions) that these players have between them?

Please send your answers to this email address with 'Bushmills comp' in the title

Get your Phone App ideas flowing and win £2k and a Samsung Galaxy Portal handset

As rugby fans we want Apps on our phones that are as glorious as the game that we follow.  Unfortunately, rugby apps that fall into this category are thinner on the ground than people who believe Rob Andrew is doing a good job and there has been little we could do about it - until now! 

To accompany the launch of their latest Android powered handset the Galaxy Portal, Samsung is launching the Planet App competition, where you can submit any app ideas to them and the winning idea will not only be made a reality, but the creator (i.e. you!) will win £2,000.

 

To give you clever lot out there even more encouragement to get involved we have a little competition of our own.   Once you have put your idea into the Galaxy Portal site, drop us a line at this address with "Galaxy comp" in the title and you will enter a draw to win a Galaxy i5700 handset of your very own, courtesy of Samsung. Having seen, held and had a go of the handset, I can confirm it has plenty of snazz, pizazz and jizz-jazz and is well worth winning.

 

So get those ideas flowing.  Maybe you fancy an app that explains scrum laws, so you can understand what Jonathan Kaplan doesn't at scrum time; or one that mutes Ronan O'Gara - the possibilities are endless. 

Design an app and give yourself a chance of winning £2k and a Galaxy Portal phone with Samsung

I don't know about you, but ever since I got my latest smartphone I have been seriously disappointed with the number and range of rugby applications available.  And, not being a mobile phone software programmer, there has been little I could do about it - until now! 

To accompany the launch of their latest Android powered handset the Galaxy Portal, Samsung is launching the Planet App competition, where you can submit any app ideas to them and the winning idea will not only be made a reality, but the creator (i.e. you!) will win £2k.

 

To give you clever lot out there even more encouragement to get involved we have a little competition of our own.   Once you have put your idea into the Galaxy Portal site, drop us a line at this address with "Galaxy comp" in the title and you will enter a draw to win a Galaxy i5700 handset of your very own, courtesy of Samsung.

So get those ideas flowing.  Maybe you fancy an app that explains the ref's arm signals in a match; or one that calculates kick distance dependant on where you place a ball on the field; or maybe one that causes your phone to shout "Shut it Barnes!" every time the rotund and verbose fool appears on telly - the possibilities are endless.

Get your Chargy Bargy on and win some top prizes with O2

You should all recall the people at O2 have bringing us Chargy Bargy, a cracker of a game where you have to catch the ball and leg it as fast as you can while running into as many things as you can.  Be careful to avoid the big New Zealand forwards, though, as they kill you to death, as Mickey once told Rocky..

There are still a few weeks of the competition left, and you can still win Nintendo Wiis, Blu-ray DVD players and LCD TVs.  

What’s more, four lucky winners picked at random from all O2 customers who’ve entered the competition will snatch VIP tickets to the Emirates Airline London Sevens at Twickenham for themselves and three friends. 

Get playing, you have nothing to lose but your main source of income if caught by your boss.